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·If I calculate things correct this should be post counter 2000. For a while anyway, til the counter starts ticking up again. The "candy sparkle" watch has been ticking all night since 2AM.
Thought I would share some old pocket watches. I have not warmed up again to pocket watches. Cell phones do the same thing. Although one gets a cracked screen when dropped rather than a broken balance staff.
Sadly this is not a real Breguet. My friend and the museums had real one, which I was able to hold and look at.
Curiously those looked more like from the 1920s and 1930 than the 1820s. Almost art deco. I still have the big coffee table book holding up my bench lamp and a sort of shelf for the timegrapher and other things likely to collect on the bench. The Bregeut finish always reminded me of soft butter, it was so smooth.
Still this is a nice watch from the era. Pretty good for something that is probably 200 years old. The nice thing is the movement does match the case number. I think it is also a redial, and the hand is missing. Not to mention the crystal. My friend called this a "Swiss Fake." Someone did go to a lot of trouble with it. Even if it is "Never right."
The one below I actually cleaned and serviced with the help of my other mentor.
As far as I know it really is a David Taylor, London. I used to carry this around with me a lot. Even have a chain for it. The case is not the correct one, as the winding key hole is in the wrong place. One has to open it up to set the time anyway. It may also be a frankenwatch, But I like frankenwatches. And while the monster/creation may have had a bad brain it had a good heart.
Pretty amazing that these things can last centuries. It is also amazing how many they were producing back in the day. Must have been in the high six figures, if not in the millions. What other hobby has scrap parts a couple centuries old used for art projects.
Thought I would share some old pocket watches. I have not warmed up again to pocket watches. Cell phones do the same thing. Although one gets a cracked screen when dropped rather than a broken balance staff.
Sadly this is not a real Breguet. My friend and the museums had real one, which I was able to hold and look at.
Curiously those looked more like from the 1920s and 1930 than the 1820s. Almost art deco. I still have the big coffee table book holding up my bench lamp and a sort of shelf for the timegrapher and other things likely to collect on the bench. The Bregeut finish always reminded me of soft butter, it was so smooth.
Still this is a nice watch from the era. Pretty good for something that is probably 200 years old. The nice thing is the movement does match the case number. I think it is also a redial, and the hand is missing. Not to mention the crystal. My friend called this a "Swiss Fake." Someone did go to a lot of trouble with it. Even if it is "Never right."
The one below I actually cleaned and serviced with the help of my other mentor.
As far as I know it really is a David Taylor, London. I used to carry this around with me a lot. Even have a chain for it. The case is not the correct one, as the winding key hole is in the wrong place. One has to open it up to set the time anyway. It may also be a frankenwatch, But I like frankenwatches. And while the monster/creation may have had a bad brain it had a good heart.
Pretty amazing that these things can last centuries. It is also amazing how many they were producing back in the day. Must have been in the high six figures, if not in the millions. What other hobby has scrap parts a couple centuries old used for art projects.
